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Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

Study for Obedience

Sarah Bernstein

196 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction literary challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

The Hero of This Book

Elizabeth McCracken

177 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

The Late Americans

Brandon Taylor

303 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe

Chrysalis

Anna Metcalfe

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories by Carson McCullers

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories

Carson McCullers

152 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction classics short stories dark slow-paced
100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

100 Boyfriends

Brontez Purnell

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional funny reflective fast-paced
And Then the Gray Heaven by RE Katz

And Then the Gray Heaven

RE Katz

140 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon

Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands

Michael Chabon

210 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
nonfiction essays challenging reflective medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

110 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

47 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0criticalgayze's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced